Kamitani Surname
Approximately 5,263 people bear this surname
Kamitani Surname User-submission:
This surname means 'divine valley', also pronounced kamiya, kamegai, and kabeya. It is a habitational surname. One family, descendants of the Iwaki branch of the Taira clan, took this surname from Kamiya-mura in Iwaki (now part of Fukushima prefecture).
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 5,118 | 1:24,979 | 2,623 |
| Brazil | 97 | 1:2,206,952 | 68,831 |
| United States | 35 | 1:10,355,970 | 420,657 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Kamitani Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname means 'divine valley', also pronounced kamiya, kamegai, and kabeya. It is a habitational surname. One family, descendants of the Iwaki branch of the Taira clan, took this surname from Kamiya-mura in Iwaki (now part of Fukushima prefecture). Other families descend from the northern Fujiwara through the Utsunomiya family, and through Fujiwara no Hidesato (10th century) by his descendant Iga and Satake families. The pronunciation kamiya is mostly found in eastern Japan and the Ryūkyū Islands, the pronunciation kamitani in western Japan.
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Average Kamitani Salary in
United States
$43,125 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kamitani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamitani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kamitani is found most frequently in Japan. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamitani? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kamitani is the 90,983rd most widely held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,384,675 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Kamitani reside; 97 percent reside in East Asia and 97 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.
Kamitani is most prevalent in Japan, where it is borne by 5,118 people, or 1 in 24,979. In Japan Kamitani is most frequent in: Osaka Prefecture, where 14 percent are found, Hokkaido Prefecture, where 12 percent are found and Tokyo Metropolis, where 11 percent are found. Besides Japan this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Kamitani Last Name Statistics demography
Kamitani earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.06% less than the national average, earning $43,125 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kamaitani | 94 | 73 | / |
| Kamistani | 94 | 11 | / |
| Kametani | 88 | 138 | / |
| Kamutani | 88 | 31 | / |
| Kamitoni | 88 | 21 | / |
| Kamiteni | 88 | 1 | / |
| Camitani | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kosmitani | 82 | 2 | / |
| Kamutanhi | 82 | 2 | / |
| Kamutaini | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kometani | 75 | 145 | / |
| Comitani | 75 | 13 | / |
| Kamutoni | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kamuteni | 75 | 1 | / |
| Camitana | 75 | 1 | / |
| Koumitana | 71 | 19 | / |
| Komitanna | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kasmetaneh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kometany | 63 | 1 | / |
| Cametana | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kometana | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kamutene | 63 | 1 | / |
| Cometani | 63 | 1 | / |
| Qometani | 63 | 1 | / |
| Komethane | 59 | 1 | / |
| Komethanee | 56 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
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